Leo faces the glare of publicityLeonardo DiCaprio hasn't been to London for the purposes of releasing a film since 2000, with The Beach. He seemed at ease with the old routine, though, which is just as well as he's simultaneously promoting Gangs of New York and Catch Me If You Can, which comes out next monthPhoto: PA/ Myung Jung Kim

Marty and Mrs ScorseseFinally seeing this film in cinemas must be a relief for director Martin Scorsese, who first mooted it in 1978, when it's said the intention was to cast The Clash. Sadly, Clash frontman Joe Strummer has since died. Now it's hoped the film will gain a few Oscars in March, if only so the headline writers can have 'Gongs of New York'Photo: PA/ Yui Mok

Jim BroadbentThe unstoppable British veteran plays Boss Tweed, the flawed local politico of New York's Five PointsPhoto: PA/ Yui Mok

Fight buddies Leo and DanielDaniel Day-Lewis was lured out of semi-retirement as an Italian cobbler to play Leo's arch-enemy Bill the Butcher. He famously insisted on doing his own stunts, telling the director "I did not sign to do this fucking movie to let some fucking stunt
guy do my fucking scenes." That's Marty toldPhoto: PA/ Ian West

There's always oneNo show from the film's female lead, Cameron Diaz, so the best we could do for a picture of a pretty young girl is this newcomer, Lucy Davenport, who has a minor role in the film. (No offence intended to Mrs Scorsese, of course)Photo: PA/ Ian West